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CAD/CAM/CAE : electronic design automation, 1992 - Archive Server

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5-2 <strong>CAD</strong>/<strong>CAM</strong>/<strong>CAE</strong>—Electronic Design Automation Applications<br />

future growth is expansion of <strong>design</strong> activity in the semiconductor<br />

industry. Approximately 50 percent of IC layout tools are sold into the<br />

commercial semiconductor industry. Forces that wiU drive the future<br />

growth of IC layout software are as follows:<br />

• Vendor stability<br />

• Semiconductor market dynamics<br />

• Emerging tool opportunities<br />

Vendor Stability<br />

The original founders of IC layout software, Calma and Applicon,<br />

gave way to newer technologies provided by a plethora of upstarts.<br />

At one point, Dataquest tracked more than 20 different companies<br />

providing IC layout tools. We are now in a renewed state of stability,<br />

with huge market power being held by only two companies,<br />

Cadence and Mentor Graphics. Indeed the Cadence/Valid combination<br />

held more than 60 percent of the market, with Mentor<br />

Graphics contributing an additional 17 percent. In no other section<br />

of EDA is market share so heavily concentrated. By example, the<br />

top 15 suppliers in <strong>CAE</strong> must be combined to have a similar market<br />

share percentage that Cadence and Mentor Graphics currently<br />

share in IC layout.<br />

Figure 5-2<br />

Percentage Difference in Number of Licenses Owned versus Number Needed,<br />

IC Layout<br />

-25<br />

Percentage Change in Number of Licenses<br />

Source: Dataquest (December <strong>1992</strong>)<br />

IC Layout<br />

North America Japan S Europe • Worldwide Average<br />

G2O01B76<br />

December 28,<strong>1992</strong> ©<strong>1992</strong> Dataquest Incorporated C<strong>CAM</strong>-EDA-l\/lT-9202<br />

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